Vehicle-body.



PATENTED AUG 4, 1908..

G. E. ELSEY. VEHICLE BODY.

APPLICATION FILED DBO'. 17, 1902.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

N0 MODEL,

lrrunw Patented August 4, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT' G'FFICE.'

GRANT E. ELSEY, OF AURORA, MISSOUR.

VEHICLE-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,688, dated August4, 1903. Y Application filed December 17, 1902. Serial No. 135.576. (Nomodel# To a/ZZ whom/ it may concern/ Zen ofthe United States, residing'at Aurora, in the county of Lawrence and State of Missouri, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Bodies, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in vehicle-bodies;and its object is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and durable meansfor securing the side and 'end panels of the body together and to thebottom and to brace and support the seat or seats in position upon saidbody.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in acertain novel construction and combination of parts, hereinafter morefully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, showing the preferred form of myinvention, and in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view ofavehiclebody constructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a section online 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a central vertical longitudinal sectionthrough the vehicle-body. Fig. 5 is a ldetail View of the seat post orbrace, and Fig. 6 is a similar view of one of the corner-irons. y

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 1 are the side andend panels of a vehicle-body, the ends thereof being secured together bya corner-iron 2, bent longitudinally upon itself to form right-angulareXtensions. A slit is preferably formed in this corner-iron in alinementwith the bend therein, and the ends 6 of the two sections of said ironare bent inward at right angles, so as to over- 1ap,as shown in Fig. 6.An aperture 7 is formed in the center of each of these ends and also atdesired intervals Within the two sides of the corner-iron. A similarcorner-iron Sis arranged upon the inner surfaces of the panels at theadjoining ends thereof, and this iron is constructed in the same manneras the one hereinbefore described. The ends 9 thereof, however, are notonly overlapped, but extend laterally a suitable distance from the sideedges of the iron. Apertures 10 are formed at suitable intervals withinthe iron, two of them being so located within the ends 9 as to registerwhen said ends are folded upon each other.- To secure the corners of thevehiclebody together, -the irons 2 are placed on the outside-of thecorners thereof and irons S within said corners. Suitable bolts are thenpassed through the panels and through the apertures 7 and lOwithin theirons. As one of these bolts goes through the overlapping ends of thetwo irons in each corner, it serves not only to bind said ends together,but to clamp the ends of the two irons upon opposite sides of the bottomof the vehiclebody.

The seat supports or posts may be located within the body at anysuitable points therein. These posts, as shown in Fig. 5, are stampedfrom sheet metal, and each comprises a channeled upright 11, havinglaterally-extending ears 12 at the lower end thereof and adownwardly-'projecting tongue 13, extending from between said ears. Atthe upper end of the standard is arranged a bracket 14, having curveddownwardly -v extending flanges 15, which project between the sides ofthe channeled standard and rest upon the inner surface thereof and servet0 brace the bracket and hold it at right. angles to the standard. Theear 16 extends laterally from the bracket 14 and standard 11, and asecond ear 17 is arranged directly below the bracket and in alinementwith one side thereof. Bolt-holes 18 are formed at suitable pointswithin the standard 11, ears 12, 16,' and 17, tongue 13, and bracket 14Cand are adapted toV receive bolts or similar securing means, whereby thestandard may be secured to the side panels and the seat of the vehicle.In securing the support or post to the vehicle the tongue 13 is insertedbetween the side panel and bottom of the vehicle-'body and secured insuch position, preferably by means of a screw adapted to be insertedfrom the outer surface of the side panel, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Ears12 are then bolted to the bottom of the body and ears 16 secured in asimilar manner to the end bar 1 9 of the seat-frame. The remaining ear17 of thesnpport is adapted to be fastened to the front or rear bar 2Oof said frame. Four of these supports or posts are provided for eachseat, and it is IOO obvious that when they are properly secured inposition by means of suitable bolts or other fastening means said seatwill be held securely upon the body and will be prevented from saggingor becoming accidentally displaced.

As both the corner-irons and the seat-posts can be struck up from blanksof sheet metal, it is obvious that they can be constructed at slightcost, and by shaping said parts in the manner described they serve tosecurely connect and brace the parts to which they are attached.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may be made therein Without departing from the Spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve theright to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of myinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Thecombination with a vehicle-body; of a seat-support formed in a singlepiece of sheet metalandcomprisingachanneled standard adapted to besecured to the side of the body, a bracket at the top of said standardand at an angle thereto, depending flanges remesa pending tongue adaptedto be secured Within v the bottom of the body.

2. In a vehicle-body, a seat-support struck up from a single sheet ofmetal and comprising a channeled standard, a tongue at one end thereof,base-ears extending laterally from opposite sides of the tongue, abracket at the opposite end of the standard, depending anges theretoabuttingagainst the standard and serving to brace the bracket, an earextending laterally from said bracket, and an ear upon the standard inalinement with said bracket.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GRANT E. ELSEY.

Witnesses:

J. F. RAGSDALE, C. G. THOMPSON.

